Reader’s Links for February 14th, 2025

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Each day at just after midnight Eastern, a post like this one is created for contributors and readers of this site to upload news links and video links on the issues that concern this site. Most notably, Islam and its effects on Classical Civilization, and various forms of leftism from Soviet era communism, to postmodernism and all the flavours of galloping statism and totalitarianism such as Nazism and Fascism which are increasingly snuffing out the classical liberalism which created our near, miraculous civilization the West has been building since the time of Socrates.

This document was written around the time this site was created, for those who wish to understand what this site is about. And while our understanding of the world and events has grown since then, the basic ideas remain sound and true to the purpose.

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  2. Rafi with a lesson on gold’s derivative, the USD. In this lesson, class, Mr. Rafi explains why there is no such thing as a gold revaluation. His reasoning makes stark sense to me. How can gold “revalue” when it doesn’t change vis-a-vis fiat? And if the USD is a debt instrument, then it becomes a revaluation of debt. He goes on to end that silver will be used for the final division of labour, which I believe is the Austrian School’s way of expressing final payment for work in a more practical medium of hard money exchange:

  3. Yesterday EB posted a link about Worcester, Mass becoming a transgendering sanctuary city:
    https://vladtepesblog.com/2025/02/13/readers-links-for-february-13-2025/comment-page-1/#comment-852471

    Today our revered Elder shared a link and added a comment on the Mass Teacher’s Association fidelity to commislami “truth” and total incompetence in basic math skills.

    There are liars and damn liars.
    Then there are those who lie with statistics.

    https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2025/02/fact-check-for-massachusetts-educators.html

    This picture was on a MTA poster:

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  6. Another Democrat Gun Grabber Calls for Political Violence, This Time with ‘Actual Weapons’
    Ammoland Inc. Posted on February 14, 2025 by David Codrea
    After urging followers to engage in insurrection using “actual weapons,” how much more “distinction” does he need? (Robert Garcia/Facebook)

    “A Democrat in Congress is urging Americans to ‘bring actual weapons’ against Elon Musk as the head of DOGE continues to expose massive amounts of spending waste in the federal government,” World Net Daily reported Wednesday. “U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., told CNN on Wednesday that Musk is ‘harming the American public in an enormous way, and what I think is really important and what the American public want, is for us to bring actual weapons to this bar fight. This is an actual fight for democracy, for the future of this country.’”
    So… basically, engage in armed insurrection to prevent government waste, abuse, corruption, and fraud from being identified…? Unlike the J6 “seditious conspirators” Democrats have breathlessly painted as Nazis and domestic terrorists…?
    Just what we need from an immigrant whose family came here from Peru ostensibly to enjoy the superior recognition of freedom this copuntry offered…
    This is hardly an isolated incident.

    Earlier this month, AmmoLand related the words of a Democrat official in Pennsylvania, calling for Trump supporters, presumably all 77 million of them, to be “extraconstitutionally… hanged by the neck until dead,” noting the climate of hate being fostered by national party leaders. And Thursday, this column reported on still Kweisi after all these years Democrat Rep. Mfume of Maryland exhorting his followers to start a “street fight over Musk’s efforts to identify government waste, abuse, corruption, and fraud.
    Since doing that ought to be a goal of all loyal Americans, especially those in the legislature entrusted and privileged to represent the people paying for it all, some questions naturally come to enquiring minds:
    Why?
    Why are they so desperately angry, ready to drop all pretenses of “friends across the aisle” civility and call for street violence?
    Against people they’re trying to disarm…?
    Garcia is no exception.

    Aside from never seeing a gun he didn’t want to grab, he is especially invested in imposing prior restraint restrictions on ammunition. And all the major gun-grab groups agree.

    “With so much on the line this November, it’s important that we protect our majority in the House by electing gun safety champions from coast to coast—champions like Mayor Robert Garcia,” Giffords gushed in its endorsement of him. “We know he has the courage to act to end gun violence, and the people of Southern California deserve a legislator who will always put their well-being first.”

    “The gun sense majorities in Congress and statehouses across the country have delivered life-saving progress on gun safety – and now is the time to keep going by re-electing our champions and growing these majorities,” Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, said in a joint statement with Everytown endorsing Garcia and like-minded candidates for office. “These gun sense champions can count on a grassroots army of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action volunteers to put everything on the line to get them elected in November.”

    “As an openly gay and Latino man, he knows that easy access to firearms makes hate lethal,” the Brady Campaign declared. “As a member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, he has cosponsored bipartisan legislation to expand Brady Background Checks (H.R. 715), legislation to ban assault weapons (H.R. 698) and Ethan’s Law (H.R. 660) to mandate safe firearm storage nationwide, among others.”
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    One might also ask if its intentional that none of the “commonsense gun safety” groups, ever active on social media platforms like Elon Musk’s X.com, has seen fit to disassociate themself from and condemn Garcia’s (or Mfune’s, or any other rabble-rousing Democrat’s) call for weaponized political violence.
    And that makes another question fair: What is it they really want (if they ever get what they’re going after)?

    https://www.ammoland.com/2025/02/another-democrat-gun-grabber-calls-for-political-violence-this-time-with-actual-weapons/

  7. How a Replica STEN Gun Led to a Sailor’s 20-year Prison Sentence
    Ammoland Inc. Posted on February 14, 2025 by Lee Williams
    How a Replica STEN Gun Led to a Sailor’s 20-year Prison Sentence iStock-509555744
    How a Replica STEN Gun Led to a Sailor’s 20-year Prison Sentence iStock-509555744

    Former sailor Patrick Tate Adamiak once bought a replica STEN Mk. II submachinegun at a local gun show. He paid $75 for the non-firing Spanish replica – or toy – which was made by Denix and is still sold online for hundreds of dollars more.

    At the time, Adamiak felt pretty good about his replica STEN purchase. Sure, it could not chamber a live round, was mostly made of a zinc alloy and had a smooth rather than rifled barrel, but he planned to feature it prominently in a weapons museum he dreamed of creating. He had purchased other firearm replicas for the same reason.

    Unfortunately, Adamiak had no idea how badly the ATF would lie about this completely legal purchase. The STEN toy became the most tested and most written about gun of all the legal firearms parts seized by the ATF during their raids. At his trial, none of the other weapon parts received the amount of testimony as the fake STEN.

    This legal toy, Adamiak believes, is one of the main reasons why he is now serving a 20-year prison sentence.

    As previously reported, Adamiak was on the fast-track to become a Navy SEAL officer until the ATF targeted him and lied under oath about the facts of his case. Most suspect it was because Adamiak became one of Gun Broker’s top 500 gun parts dealers. As a result, rather than becoming a Tier 2 or even a Tier 1 operator for the Navy, Adamiak was sent to a federal prison in New Jersey where he remains.

    To be clear, the report by ATF Firearms Enforcement Officer Jeffrey Bodell about the gun parts seized during the search of Adamiak’s home was harmful but it is tainted with multiple lies and questionable processes – none more crazy than Bodell’s attempt to make the toy STEN fire a single live round.
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    The STEN, known legally as Exhibit 28, is the first firearm Bodell listed in his report, and his work to get the fake gun to fire produced the most ink.

    “Exhibit 28 is a non-firing replica of a STEN Mk. II machinegun manufactured by Denix in Spain. The Exhibit is approximately 31 inches in overall length. Exhibit 28 has the physical appearance of a STEN machinegun and simulates a STEN machinegun’s action,” Bodell wrote in his report. “My examination revealed the receiver and magazine well of the Exhibit is comprised of a homogeneous casting of zinc alloy. The simulated barrel is a hollow tube with no chamber and thin walls. The barrel assembly of the Exhibit is simply press-fit into the receiver. The bolt of the Exhibit does not contain a firing pin or extractor. I ‘field-stripped’ the Exhibit to examine its major components. The Exhibit appears to be unmodified and in its original configuration.”

    While researching the STEN, Bodell claimed there were several “previous ATF correspondences” about the gun and other “non-firing machinegun replicas manufactured by Denix.”

    “However, I was unable to locate any documentation regarding prior ATF evaluation or classification of a STEN-type replica manufactured by Denix,” he wrote in his report.

    Bodell went a bit crazy in his testing. He inserted a real machinegun bolt from a real STEN submachinegun and replaced the toy’s fake barrel with a real STEN barrel, which did not fit until the technician “wrapped it with a few layers of electrical tape to make a tight fit, and press fit the machinegun barrel.”

    There was another problem: no real magazine would fit into the toy gun.

    “Due to the fashion in which I improvised a machinegun barrel to fit, a magazine cannot be inserted due to the barrel being too far aft,” Bodell wrote in his report.

    Eventually, using the real machinegun bolt and barrel, Bodell was able to load one round by hand and get it to fire.

    “I test fired Exhibit 28, assembled as described above, on June 8, 2022, at the ATF test range in Martinsburg, West Virginia, using commercially available, Federal brand, 9mm Luger caliber ammunition. I pulled the bolt to the rear until it engaged with the sear, inserted one cartridge into the chamber of the barrel, and pulled the trigger. The Exhibit successfully expelled a projectile by the action of an explosive,” he wrote. “The process of converting Exhibit 28 into a weapon which will expel a projectile by the action of an explosive was extremely simple. No specialized knowledge, tools, or machining were required to convert Exhibit 28. Only three items were utilized in the conversion process: a STEN machinegun barrel, a STEN machinegun bolt, and electrical tape. The entire process took approximately five minutes.”

    Once the gun fired a single round, Bodell wrote that the toy STEN was a firearm, and he also determined it was “a machinegun as defined.” However, he claimed the records were missing for the thousands of other fake STENs that had already been imported from the Spanish firm.

    “It should be noted that non-firing replicas or blank guns, such as Exhibit 28, are typically examined by ATF prior to being imported to ascertain their status as firearms. As stated above, the ATF examined several Denix replicas for importation, but no records were found of a Denix STEN replica examination,” Bodell admitted.

    Pushback

    A former ATF official contacted by Adamiak’s legal team is pushing back hard against Bodell’s alleged findings. He found that the Denix STEN is not a firearm but is instead a “nonfiring STEN machinegun replica.”

    The expert noted that the Denix lacked a real STEN’s frame or receiver, that its barrel was comprised of weak zinc alloy, that its bolt was plastic with no firing pin or extractor, and that the entire replica was “unmodified and in its original condition.”

    “It is egregious to assert that this STEN replica is a machinegun when it cannot accept a magazine, as the magazine serves as the ammunition reservoir for a firearm. Without a magazine, it can only hold one cartridge at a time, making it impossible to ‘shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger, and therefore, impossible to be a machinegun,’” the expert wrote in a report that will be filed soon. “In the way that FEO Bodell improvised Exhibit 28 to fire by taping a NFC barrel into the tube, the same conclusion of his test would have been reached with any similar diameter pipe from a common hardware store; such as The Home Depot.”

    Other findings

    ATF’s Bodell examined all of the items seized during the search warrant and wrote that many of the parts were “machineguns,” even though they were legally purchased from reputable online dealers and are still available today without any NFA documentation.

    Bodell refused to render a classification on another toy gun, an M240 made by Jing Sheng, which he referred to as a “replica toy air gun.”

    Bodell found that a real machinegun bolt and carrier group could not be installed because the toy lacks “guide rails or machining for guide rails,” but it was still close enough.

    “Due to the similarities of Exhibit 29’s receiver side plates compared to a machinegun’s side plates; it is unlikely that Exhibit 29 would be approved for importation as a non-firearm. FTCB is rendering no classification of the receiver of Exhibit 29,” he wrote.

    Bodell only found one item that he did not consider a weapon – a toy Mk. 19 40mm machinegun, which was labeled as a “suspected machinegun and suspected destructive device.”

    “My research and examination revealed Exhibit 35 may not readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive nor does Exhibit 35 utilize the receiver of a firearm. Exhibit 35 is not subject to the provision of the GCA or NFA,” he wrote.

    According to the ATF, the term machinegun means:

    Any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger
    The frame or receiver of any such weapon
    Any part designed and intended solely and exclusively or combination of parts designed and intended for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun, or
    Any combination of parts from which a machinegun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person.

    None of the items seized from Adamiak’s safe are considered weapons. They are gun parts. Besides, all of them were obtained legally from longtime and reputable dealers. As a result, legally, Adamiak never owned a single machinegun.
    Takeaways

    Adamiak spends most of his time doing menial tasks within the prison to keep his mind off of the massive injustice that was committed against him by the ATF.

    Said Adamiak: “Every single thing I legally owned. I bought everything at gun shops. I have the paperwork. The thing that’s most interesting about the STEN is that he inserted a real barrel and got it to shoot one round, but how can it be a machinegun if it can only shoot one round? It’s just insane. The rest of the parts are 100-percent legal – everything was legal – not a single thing in their whole booklet violates that law. You can still buy them all – Google them – and walk right out of the shop past any cops. Nothing they found qualifies as a firearm – nothing. Bodell is the guy who screwed me. He misclassified everything in the entire case.”

    The Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Journalism Project wouldn’t be possible without you. Click here to make a tax-deductible donation to support pro-gun stories like this.

    https://www.ammoland.com/2025/02/how-a-replica-sten-gun-led-to-a-sailors-20-year-prison-sentence/

  8. Mexican Officials So Corrupt, They No Longer Understand What Corruption Is
    By
    Larry Keane –
    February 14, 2025 12

    Mexican officials aren’t even trying to hide the fact that the highest ranks of their federal government is rife with narco-terrorism corruption. That’s not new, but it is rather bold, given that the U.S. Supreme Court will consider a petition to dismiss their frivolous case claiming U.S. firearm manufacturers are responsible for violent crime that’s plagued that country for decades.

    If Mexican officials are trying to prove their case, their lawyers’ arguments aren’t matching what their own government is showing the world. Criminal drug cartels – which foment the murderous and illicit drug trade – continue to be comfortably embedded in their government, right up to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, a protégé of former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

    Mexican President Sheinbaum invited former Mexican Secretary of Defense Salvador Cienfuegos to the stage with her during a military ceremony commemorating the 112th anniversary of Mexico’s Loyalty. This is the same Cienfuegos who was arrested in 2020 by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for his ties to narco-terrorist drug cartels. He was the highest-ranking Mexican official arrested by U.S. authorities for drug trafficking, which has gone hand-in-hand with illegal firearm smuggling.
    Mexico’s ‘Godfather’

    The DOJ accused him of using his position as the head of Mexico’s military to benefit drug cartels. According to a Breitbart report, he was even referred to as the “Godfather.” The “Godfather” Cienfuegos even showed up to the ceremony this week wearing his old military uniform, taking his place among the other senior-ranking Mexican authorities and politicians, just feet from Mexican President Sheinbaum.

    The DOJ celebrated Cienfuegos’ arrest in 2020, issuing a press release that he was arrested in Los Angeles “on U.S. charges of conspiracy to manufacture, import, and distribute narcotics into the United States and money laundering.” In the same press release, the DOJ announced it made the decision to seek dismissal of the charges and turn him back over to Mexican authorities for investigation and charges under Mexican law.

    Except, that never happened.

    One Associated Press report alleged Mexico threatened to expel the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) regional director and agents unless the case was dropped. Officially, the decision was based upon “the broader interest in maintaining that relationship in a cooperative way” with Mexico.

    Mexico’s attorney general’s office released Cienfuegos after saying they found no ties to narco-terrorist drug cartels. Mexico’s then-President López Obrador hailed the charges being dropped, saying the DEA made it all up. President López Obrador even went as far as to give Cienfuegos a military award in front of representatives from Russia, Cuba, Venezuela and other South American and Asian countries.

    This was the same Mexican president who is believed to have taken bribes from narco-terrorist drug cartels for his own election and used a soft approach toward the cartels. Mexican government corruption was embodied through President López Obrador’s “hugs, not bullets” campaign. That effort was labelled a failure by the Council on Foreign Relations.

    That’s not unexpected with corrupt Mexican officials running the show. The Brookings Institution reported, “Although serving as Mexico’s highest military official and, given the role of the Mexican military policing, also a top law enforcement official, Cienfuegos allegedly directed Mexican law enforcement actions away from the H-2 cartel and against its drug rivals. As per the U.S. indictment, he promoted and enabled drug trafficking of the H-2 cartel, not put off even by its highly murderous ways.”
    Day in Court

    It’s clear that Cienfuegos didn’t quietly slip into the Mexican countryside. He’s just yards – literally – from the Mexican president even as her nation’s lawyers are set to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court that U.S. firearm manufacturers are to blame for violent crime in Mexico. They’re suing several firearm manufacturers for $10 billion. That case, Estados Unidos Mexicanos v. Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al., was petitioned to the Supreme Court by Smith & Wesson after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit revived the case after it was dismissed by a lower federal court. NSSF has filed an amicus brief supporting Smith & Wesson’s argument that the frivolous lawsuit is barred by the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA).

    NSSF warned that nothing changed in Mexico’s approach to curbing narco-terrorist drug cartels with a new Mexican president. It’s more of the same, and apparently that includes close ties to known drug traffickers that fuel the rampant, murderous crime south of the border.

    The White House concurs. In President Donald Trump’s Fact Sheet regarding tariffs on Mexico, it was noted that “… Mexican drug trafficking organizations have an intolerable alliance with the government of Mexico. The government of Mexico has afforded safe havens for the cartels…” adding, “… this alliance endangers the national security of the United States…”

    Mexico’s lawyers will stand before the justices of the Supreme Court on March 4 to argue their case that firearm manufacturers are somehow responsible for lawfully made and lawfully sold firearms in the United States being illegally trafficked through criminal drug cartel networks into Mexico. They’ll do it even as Mexico’s president cozies up with corrupt government officials known to foster the very violent crimes of which they deflect from themselves and to American firearm manufacturers that follow the law.

    https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/mexican-officials-so-corrupt-they-no-longer-understand-what-corruption-is/

    • Laura Loomer

      1. I asked @LindyLi why she said she doesn’t speak Chinese. She told me she can’t have a fluent conversation in Chinese.
      Last night on @LoomerUnleashed, I played a video I uncovered of Lindy speaking Chinese for minutes at a time.
      Watch the clip below and see for yourself. Do you believe her?
      Loomer – February 14, 2025
      https://x.com/LoomerUnleashed/status/1890509281658605865

      2. EP102: MAGA Or Mole? Lindy Li Responds
      Laura Loomer – February 13, 2025
      https://rumble.com/v6kkiny-ep102-maga-or-mole-lindy-li-responds.html

      Mike Cernovich

      1. Can someone please explain to me why Glen Beck and other so called conservatives are promoting someone who is anti Trump, smeared conservatives, but suddenly is rebranding?

      Are we really doing this promoting fakes who claim to be moderate bullshit of all over again?
      Cernovich – February 12, 2025
      https://x.com/Cernovich/status/1889851725181493663

      2. With all sincerity, what is this @glennbeck?
      She was calling Trump an insurrection a few weeks ago.
      This isn’t a change of heart case. (Those people almost always lie, anyway.)
      Who – or what intelligence agency – is pushing he on the conservative movement?
      Cernovich – February 12, 2025
      https://x.com/Cernovich/status/1889860365632282759

  10. Pros and cons in everything, i.e. Laughter can reduce chances of diseases. First we had climate clown Justine who has supplied us with many whacky moments we could laugh at and now we will have the head Climate clown. I’m sorry but he is being peddled as this brilliant man and he still thinks carbon is bad. LOL WEFFers are so diabolical.

    • I don’t think Carney thinks Caron is bad at all. In fact I would be so arrogant as to say I know for a fact he does not think Carbon is bad, and you can tell that by his lifestyle.

      Most people think cyanide is bad, and you know they think this because they don’t have any around.

      What he thinks is bad, is individuals having any power in our civilization. And he is using the carbon scam to remove it.